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WRITING

Grade 4 * Quarter 3 * Week 1

Unifying Question:

How do I select and test possible options to make decisions?

Gathering a variety of facts, definitions, and details helps me select the most

relevant information.

Enduring Understandings

Different purposes for writing demand different skills.

Intentional use of language conveys meaning effectively.

Production of writing appropriate to the task and purpose requires processes

and tools. The organization and development of writing differ depending on the purpose

and task.

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Draw evidence from informational

texts to support analysis and researchW4Q3W1D1

Before writing, writers gather and evaluate a variety of facts, definitions,and details to select information that best supports their topic.

View: A New TwistorWhatll the Weather Be?

Evaluate:

What is the topic of this newsletter?

How did the author narrow the topic? What are some concepts we are learning about in school that would make

interesting topics for a class newsletter?

Note: Good writers ask themselves questions to narrow their topics andmake their writing more manageable.

Collaborate: How will your group decide on a topic for your newsletter?

Note Taking: Use Topic Researchto record facts, definitions, and detailson the topic of changes in weather usingThis US Summer Is What GlobalWarming Looks Like.

Answer:

What details did you find to support your topic?

How did your group select a topic from possible options for your newsletter?

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Draw evidence from informational

texts to support analysis and researchW4Q3W1D1

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roup re a e n orma on anconsider possible formats for

informationW4Q3W1D2

Note: We will be evaluating information to decide what to includein your newsletters.

Examples: A New TwistorWhatll the Weather Be?

Answer: How are these newsletter formatted or organized?

Note: We will be synthesizing information gathered by individualsin the group to include in your newsletters and considering possibletext features to include.

Model: Highlight possible facts to include in a paragraph for anewsletter by using your completedTopic Researchorganizer andasking yourself questions like: What information will be interesting to a reader? Which facts could be grouped into one paragraph?

What information do I want to emphasize using text features?

How did your group determine how to group chosen information for thenewsletter?

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Develop topic with facts, definitions,

and detailsW4Q3W1D3

Note: Writers evaluate facts, definitions, and details to select informationthat explains the topic of their newsletters.

Model: Select a group of facts, definitions, or details, paraphrasing thenotes and drafting several sentences for a paragraph using thecompletedTopic Researchorganizer.

Practice: In pairs, select related facts, definitions, or details from yourcompleted Topic Researchorganizer and rehearse by paraphrasing.

Draft: Revisit your completed Topic Researchorganizer and draftparagraphs that include information the group decided to include in thenewsletter.

Share: Share and receive feedback on your paragraphs within your

groups and make revisions. Answer:

How did you use facts, definitions, and details to develop your ideas?

How did you compose and refine possible sentences to include in yourparagraphs?

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Identify and revise writing for proper

use of progressive verb tenseW4Q3W1D4

Revisit: Tenses of Verbs resource

Example: What's Happening? More Verb Tenses.

Notes: We will evaluate your choice of the use of a verb tensewhile revising sections of your newsletters.

Model: Read a page from a couple of recently read texts,identifying where the progressive verb tense was used differently.

Note: The use of verb tense is part of authors craft and variesfrom author to author.

Answer: How do we know when we are using verb tenses correctlyin our writing?

Practice: In pairs, identify places in recently read texts where theprogressive verb tense was used similarly or differently.

Practice: Revisit your writing to edit for proper use of theprogressive verb tense.

Answer: How do you identify whether or not the appropriate verbtense was used in writing?

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